2026 Israel-US vs. Iran conflict [Military updates/News Only]

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Urgent | Bloomberg on a Pentagon report: The Ford aircraft carrier is suffering from problems far deeper than the effects of a fire in the laundry room

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The Pentagon’s test office said “insufficient data are available at this time” — nine years after the ship was delivered — “to determine the Ford-class’s operational effectiveness,” due to incomplete realistic combat testing. AdvertisementThat means it’s not clear how well the Ford — and other ships in its class, which have yet to be delivered — can detect, track or intercept enemy aircraft, anti-ship missiles or small attack aircraft. It’s also unclear how the aircraft carrier’s systems would perform under the wartime strain of continuous takeoffs and landings.
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The Ford, which was dispatched to the Red Sea for operations against Iran, ended up leaving the battle for Crete not because of an enemy attack but after a fire broke out in the ship’s laundry area. It resulted in over 200 sailors being treated for smoke inhalation, Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, wrote last week to Navy Secretary John Phelan. The incident underscored how even the US Navy’s most advanced assets are under strain as the Trump administration relies on a version of gunboat diplomacy to accomplish geopolitical goals in Iran and Venezuela — assembling armadas off the coast to pressure foes with the prospect of military action.
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The Ford spent months at sea beyond a standard deployment after participating in US operations against Venezuela before dispatched by President Donald Trump to the Middle East. While a normal tour last about seven months, the Ford has been at sea for around 9 months — since June of last year.The Ford “is on track to break the record for longest carrier deployment since the end of the Vietnam War,” Kaine wrote, adding the extended tour “has forced Sailors to improvise with broken equipment and ship support systems.” Some testing problems have been identified but not fixed.
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While the Ford’s ability to defend itself against drones and small, high-speed attack boats was tested back in 2022, the Navy has developed fixes for combat systems — identified in a classified assessment — but “the fixes still remain largely unfunded,” the test office said.
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Explains why it didn't move far from the Suez canal nor risk making a Bab-el-Mandel run
 
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I find it highly unlikely the US would invade Kharg island. the island is way too small and while people keep on talking about it being a hub for exporting oil. ok let us say they captured it then what? they would be exposed. they would just sit there and get bombed with drones. it is pointless.

you cannot just control an exposed piece of land and just sit there. you have to push.

I believe they would invade south east Iran. it is easier, also it would ensure that the US could cut off Iran from Pakistan early in the war.


ofcourse the troop force the US will have will only be enough to control a small portion and then they would have to bring in reinforcements. they have to push. there is no such thing as just partially occupying your enemy's land and then calling it a day. so once the US invades they will have to push to occupy the entirety of Iran.

the US empire will impale itself on Iran
 
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